Dissomphalus brasiliensis Kieffer, 1910

Azevedo, Celso O., 2017, Review of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Panama, with key to the Central American species, Zootaxa 4335 (1), pp. 1-72 : 29

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4335.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5020356
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scientific name	Dissomphalus brasiliensis Kieffer, 1910
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Dissomphalus brasiliensis Kieffer, 1910b: 295 (♂, holotype from Pará, CASC); Redighieri & Azevedo, 2006: 319 –320. Dissomphalus bispinulatus Evans, 1969: 13 , 19–20. Synonimized by Redighieri & Azevedo, 2006.

Dissomphalus hastatus Evans, 1979: 276 –277, 281–283. Synonymized by Azevedo, 1999b.

Diagnosis. Mandible bidentate. Clypeus trapezoidal. Tergal process with pair of latero-anterior ovoid and shallow depressions with tubercle and tuft of setae. Hypopygium with posterior margin slightly concave. Genitalia: paramere arched inward, apex produced and narrow; aedeagal ventral longer than aedeagal dorsal body, wide, tubular, parallel, apex rounded; aedeagal dorsal body with three pairs of apical lobes, inner pair elongate with rounded apex; median pair membranous, laminar, entirely, wide; outer pair with apical projection inclined downward with strongly serrated margin. Apodeme not extending beyond genital ring.

Remarks. This species is known to Panama, Venezuela, British Guiana, Suriname, Ecuador Peru, Brazil (Rondônia, São Paulo) and Argentina (Salta). Here two specimens are added. Some variations are worth to mention: median clypeal lobe ill-defined with one rounded tooth; median clypeal carina high in profile; vertex crest straight; pronotal disc with margin ecarinate; paramere longer than aedeagal dorsal body; basiparamere shorter than paramere; aedeagal dorsal ramus with inner margin concave in median portion.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, BRAZIL, Pará: Baker col. ( CASC, #17054) . PANAMA, Veraguas Pr [ovincia]: 2#, P[arque] N[acional] Coiba, Isla Coiba , Cerro La Equis , 90 m, [07º28'09"N, 81º45'24"W], 30– nov.–4dic.1998, Malaise, R. Cambra, S. Bermudez [col.] ( MIUP) GoogleMaps .

Distribution ( Fig. 228 View FIGURES 224 – 233 ). Panama, Venezuela, Guiana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Pará, Rondônia, Acre, Espírito Santo and São Paulo) and Argentina.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Bethylidae
Genus	Dissomphalus